Tag: Honolulu Chinatown fire
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Plagues and prejudice
Anne Jacobson Oak Park, Illinois, United States Figure 1. Honolulu Chinatown fire of 1900. Hawaii State Archives. It was a calm, clear January morning on the gritty streets of paradise. Honolulu, the capital of the newly-annexed U.S. territory of Hawaii, was ushering out a century of upheaval that had included the arrival of explorers,…